Technical, economical and environmental factors are forcing to adopt new sustainable
methods, such as the use of microbial antagonists, for the control of soilborne pathogens …

Coordinated interactions between plants and microbes have supreme importance for
improving plant growth as well as maintaining proper soil conditions. Rhizosphere …

Fungal phytopathogens are a major threat to crop plants. More than 60 fungal
phytopathogens are known to cause various plant diseases. These diseases lead to the loss …

In African cacao-producing countries, control of cacao black pod disease caused by
Phytophthora megakarya is a priority. Introducing biological control agents as part of a P …

One of the key components to the commercial success of a biological control agent for plant
pathogens is formulation. Formulation of biocontrol agents can be used to: stabilize the …

Stem canker on dragon fruit caused by Neoscytalidium dimidiatum causes severe losses in
production of this fruit worldwide. Biological control by Trichoderma species is widely used …

1 Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria, 2
Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands, 3 Department of …

Hyphal interactions between the antagonist Gliocladium catenulatum and the soil‐borne
plant pathogenic fungi, Pythium ultimum and Rhizoctonia solani, were investigated in dual …

Publisher Summary Weeds continue to be one of the major contributing factors to yield loss
in agricultural production in developing countries, and contribute significantly to crop yield …

Cultures of the bacterium Serratia entomophila (Enterobacteriaceae) have been applied as
the biological control product Invade for the control of grass grub for more than a decade …